Today was a day off for me so i took the opportunity to fish for a few hours with my wife and daughter, Gracie.  Our first fish of the morning (pictured) came across the gunnel just minutes after setting lines.  Gracie did a great job of fighting and landing her biggest King salmon of the summer so far.  The bite...
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Shasta is in the re building phase of its King salmon fishery, but its well on its way back to becoming a king salmon fishing destination.  We had an excellent day on Shasta today, but we did lose more Kings than usual.  I'll be playing around with some hook combinations next week to try and get these fish to stick...
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Well, the trout bite on Shasta Lake has been really tough the past few days and today started out pretty slow again too.  We made some adjustments and targeted some King salmon instead.  Fortunately, we found some young Kings and saved the day from total disaster.  That being said, we're starting to see some bigger King salmon this year! Next year,...
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Shasta Lake continues to produce rainbow trout, brown trout, and some King salmon daily.  Tougher bite the past few days and its been tough to fish past noon with the 100+ degree heat, but most days are ending well.  Still very few Shad around which is surely overshadowing what is normally a precurser to a good bite.  I'm sure we're...
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Shasta Lake is fishing quite well, but you have to get after the early bite or you might have a slow day, at least until the second bite of the day goes off.  Keep fishing down 30-40' and get your gear to match the Shad hatch.  Solid color lures work best in the morning, and switching out to shiny, metallic colors seems...
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Captain Justin Thompson checked in today and reported some really good trout fishing on the Sacramento River in Redding, Ca.  Lots of action and multiple hook ups made up most of the day today and will be a trend moving deeper into the summer season. ...
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